Award for contributions to the field of Materials

On September 30, Professor Ana Flávia Nogueira (UNICAMP)—director and researcher at CINE—received the José Arana Varela Award from the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) in recognition of her scientific career, which has been marked by impactful contributions to the development of materials for emerging photovoltaic technologies. During the event, she delivered a plenary lecture to an audience of approximately nine hundred people, focusing on advancements in the development of halide perovskites for use in solar cells. “I hope this award serves as an inspiration to other researchers, especially women early in their careers. Our path remains more challenging, but I believe that, in a few generations, equity in science will be achieved,” says Ana Flávia. Learn more.

Featured in an interview

In light of the José Arana Varela Award, the director of CINE was interviewed by the B-MRS Newsletter. In the interview, she shares how she became a scientist and developed a career with an international impact. Also, she offers advice to young people who aspire to become scientists in Brazil. See here.

In the next “CINE Talk”, Shahin Ranjbarzadeh (a researcher at UNICAMP and professor at ITA Ceará) will discuss competitive and durable green hydrogen production plants, taking into account aspects relevant to the Brazilian context. His current work focuses on the decarbonization of offshore platforms, offshore renewable energy production, and green hydrogen systems—ranging from the modeling of electrolyzers to the techno-economic analysis of their deployment. To attend the lecture, simply fill out the form here.

Around twenty CINE members from the four research divisions—ranging from undergraduate students to faculty—presented their work at the XXIV B-MRS Meeting. This international event in the field of Materials Science and Technology, organized by the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS), took place this year in Curitiba (Paraná) from September 27 to October 1. In addition to sharing their own contributions through posters, oral presentations, and invited talks, the CINE participants attended dozens of other presentations relevant to their research and took advantage of a diverse program that included short courses, round-table discussions, lectures by world-renowned scientists, an exhibition of industry products and services, and a showcase of science clubs from public schools.

Also within the XXIV B-MRS Meeting, researchers from CINE’s Energy Generation division organized a symposium on advances in perovskite solar cells, titled “Emerging Perovskite Photovoltaic Technologies.” The organizers were professors Ana Flávia Nogueira (UNICAMP) and André Sarto Polo (UFABC), along with postdoctoral researchers André Felipe Vale da Fonseca and Paulo Ernesto Marchezi (UNICAMP). During the symposium’s oral and poster sessions, more than thirty papers were presented—including several contributions from CINE members—covering topics ranging from the understanding of fundamental phenomena to the operational aspects of these technologies.

Learn more about the participation of CINE members in the XXIV B-MRS Meeting.

Three researchers working within the wind energy branch of CINE’s Energy Generation (EG) division participated in the Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE) Europe 2026, held from September 14 to 18 in Valencia, Spain. The event, which focuses on advancements in energy conversion technologies, was organized by the IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) in partnership with the European Center for Power Electronics (ECPE). Professor Mateus Giesbrecht (UNICAMP), principal investigator of the EG division, presented a poster titled “A Novel Recursive Method for Estimating Electrical Parameters of Doubly Fed Induction Generators Under Normal Operating Conditions.” Meanwhile, doctoral candidate Yuri Oliveira Cota (UFABC) presented—alongside one of his co-authors—a poster titled “MPC-based Current Control of a Dual-converter DFIG DC System.” Additionally, Professor Alfeu Joãozinho Sguarezi Filho (UFABC), in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nottingham (UK) and the University of San Sebastián (Chile), delivered a tutorial titled “Challenges and Trends of Model Predictive Control in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives.”

Read the Agência Fapesp news article regarding the CINE computational study that yielded guidelines for controlling a phenomenon that impairs the performance of sodium batteries.

See other CINE studies being featured in the media in our press clipping.

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